This is the News 9.25.02

September 25, 2002

9/25/02

Cairo Foster, Rob Gonzalez, KennyReed, and Chad Timtim have started a new company out of Giantcalled POPULIS. Theams are Raymond Molinar andAdam Crew. On flow are Mark Del Negro (Delaware) and Brandon Jacobson (OREGON).

Populis riders are filming already for asegment for ON VIDEO. Kenny Reed flew to London for afew days and is now in Belfast, Ireland. He has at least 7 more trips planned before the new year – Turkey,Israel, Asia, Philippines, Japan, Mongolia, and US trip.

Cairo Foster is now living in SantaMonica. Right now he is on a research and development trip in New York City forPopulis. Rumor has him on the Asia trip in November also.

NewDealwill continue with everyone else.

It seems like itwas only a matter of time. Paul Rodriguez now rides for Girl Skateboards.

Dan Drehobl has left his long time home at Think. He has decided to go for “Krooked“.

Caswell Berry is the new dude on Circa.

Ragdoll is riding Phantom Trucks.

Terry Kennedyand Dave Mayhew are riding for Blues Hardware.

Jud Hertzler has been added to the UN Believers team roster which already includes ScottBourne, Howard Cooke, JR Neves, Mat O Brien, and Jason Jessee.And there will be a new addition to the pro team soon.

Nineyears ago Alan Petersen, Karma, Richard and Jesse Paez made up the family thatwas Consolidated Skateboards. For the past eight years one very importantfamily member had gone missing while the Consolidated family has continued togrow. Consolidated is very happy to welcome home Jesse Paez to the proteam. Having recently recovered from a shoulder surgery, Jesse is back toskating 100%.

ErikEllington’sshoe on Emericashould be in shops by January of 2003.

TomPenny’sshoe on Eswill follow around the same time.

The DGK line up is Stevie Williams, MarcusMcBride, Henry Sanchez, andJeremy Holmes.> The DGK pro team leaves Monday for atwo week Japan tour. Organikateam riders Karl Watson andQuim Cardona followlater in the month to tour Japan along with Expedition One am Ryan Gallant and Chany Jeanguenin.

DGK, Expedition One, Organika and GoldWheels formed a newdistribution calledKAYO.> For more info go to www.thekayocorp.com.

GinoIanucciis the latest rider on Quattro Wheels

FKDBearingsis pulling out the stops. Kenny Anderson is their new pro.

TeamBonesintroduces Chad Bartie as the newest member of the Bones Wheels team.. Chad willbe one of the first to get a Signature wheel for the new Bones Wheel Program.

IOTASkateboardshas released two new pro models for Chad Benson. Chad joins SteveNesser andEmeric Prattwho have pro models on IOTA.

AnthonyMosleyis on Krux!After receiving a pair of the new Downlows to try out, atwo hour “sesh” ensued. The result: new team rider.Pierre Luc Gagnon is on City Stars.

AfterDeca’sdemise, Daewon Song is at the helm of a new board company through Dwindle. Youmost likely have been seeing the ads for Artafact and were wondering what itis. Chris Haslamand Cooper Wiltare on the squad and they are still working stuff out with the other pro’s.

SteveCaballero isnow riding for Sessions Clothing.

Savier announces the additionof their newest team member, John Rattray . And let’s not forget about the second latest addition to the team, ColinKennedy.> Colin and Jon are old pals fromScotland.

Ghetto Child is proud to welcome Mike Taylor to their family. Ghetto Child’s web siteis now finally up www.ghettochildwheels.com.Mikealso got on the exclusive Royal Tcks team. All right!

Adam Alfaro can be seen zipping around town in hisnew whip. The Black Labelpro recently purchased a red convertible Camaro.

It’sofficial, Chet “chalba Childress now rides for “SIX GUN, Jason Adams’ new project throughBlack Label. Speaking of projects, black label, John Lucero moreover isreleasing the “RED CROSS series of bigger “man boards. It looks likewe’ll be seeing signature boards from JEFF GROSSO, JOHN LUCERO, and it looks like Johnhas the likes of Neil Blender and Steve Olson in his cross hairs.

Emerica mansion resident, ThisIs Skateboardingvideographer, and skateboarder extraordinaire Jon Miner just returned from ashort weekend trip out to Tucson with Andrew Reynolds, Bryan Herman and Erik Ellington. The crew met up withfellow Emericateammate Aaron Suski in his hometown and got some shredding done for the Emerica vid, Arizona style.

Next stop for the Emerica team is Paris, France where Erik Ellington, ToshTownend,Kevin “Spanky Long and Bryan Herman will be meeting up with Ed Templeton for a demo at thePalais de Tokyo museum this Saturday. From there, the crew heads south toBarcelona, Spain on the 4th of October to hook up with Andrew Reynolds for the Emerica Tortilla Jam contestand filming mission. The Tortilla Jam is a “real street contest held at thefamous street spots in and around Barcelona.

ToshTownend was rather lucky recently. While driving through Southern Oregon on hisway home from Portland early in the morning, Tosh fell asleep behind the wheelof his Lexus IS and drifted onto the shoulder. The sound of the wheels rollingacross the gravel woke Tosh immediately and while he turned the wheel to getthe car safely back onto the road, he overcompensated and lost control, bustinga backside slappy on the center divide and finally coming to a stop in aSmith-stall. Thankfully, all aboard were safe, if a little shaken. Uponarriving home sans damaged Lexus, Tosh boarded a plane to Texas for an Elementdemo. The demo was a success and now Tosh is resting back home in HuntingtonBeach, preparing for an Emerica filming trip with Aaron Suski in NYC.

JesseFritsch ridesfor Vallely Skateboards.

DCcinematographerGreg Huntrounded up a posse of DC skaters and set off for Europe recently to hit new anddifferent spots. Anthony Van Engelen and Brian Wenning flewout with Hunt; joining them later will be Rob Dyrdek, Stevie Williams andRyan Smith. They’re on a three-week trip with stops in London, England;Barcelona, Spain;Paris, France; and Warsaw, Poland.

Labelfilmer, Grant Schubert returned from a two week trip to the Chicago area, where hewas filming Patrick Melcher, Ben Gilley and Jub. They got some goodstuff and had a great time. BLACK OUT should be in stores by November. As of this writing they are wading through the unnerving process of getting rights to the songs they want to use.

FabrizioSantos did a few 360′sin his new BMW after being sideswiped in an accident. He is fine, just car-less with a higher insurancepayment.

AlanPetersenwas skating the Vagabond pool in Fresno when a full movie production crewshowed up to shoot a video for the MTV sensation of the moment, MichelleBranch. They saw him skating and ended up asking him if they could film him.

Consolidated is extremely happy toannounce the additions of Atlanta’s own JeremiahBabb and Phil Kentto the team.

GaryCollinsis recovering way faster from his knee surgery than his doctors haveexpected. He still has a couple ofmonths in physical therapy but you can expect to see his Broken Anglish assback on a skateboard and jumping down shit in no time.> To pass the time he’s been working at AnonymousSkate Shopin Cinncinati.

JordanHoffartfrom Vancouver, BC, is the newest addition to the Powell team.

VIDEOS:

Dyingto Livecould be in shops by Halloween. Premieres are slated starting OCT 11that Spreckels Theater in San Diego. Reference http://zeroskateboards.com/ for all thepremiere locations.

TheEmericavideo, “This is Skateboarding ” is definitely coming out in February.Tosh is healthy and skating again after reconstructive surgery on both ankles.Reynolds part will destroy. Senn is going to have a good part, and all else islooking good!

GhettoChildhas a video in the works to hopefully be released in Spring 2003.

Fred Mortagne (of Menikmati and Sorry fame) is the new Cliche filmer and will produce the new Clichévideo due out in 2003.

TheConsolidated Teamhas been hard at work filming for their new video due out this Holiday Season. Karma,Clint Peterson, Seth McCallum and Doug Saenz all spent the month ofJuly with Roberto Aleman in his native Spain filming the countless spots ofBarcelona and the like. Steve Baileyhas also taken up a semi-permanent residence on the Coast of Spain and met upwith the guys to skate on several different occassions. By the last week of thetrip they had gathered a total of six tapes of footage from two differentangles for the video. The day before Clint and Seth were to return home to theStates they all decided to hit up one last spot for a fun session. Whileskating their car was broken into. The thieves took with them all CD playersand CDs, passports, Clint’s video and still cameras along with three of thefootage tapes. Luckily Karma’s camera and three of the remaining tapes werewell hidden and overlooked by the cowardly thieves.

Dave Bergthold has dug Blockhead up from the grave and dragged it backinto the garage. He hasre-released the videos as two box sets and have four of the classic graphicsalong with one brand new one inked by Ron Cameron.

Nowthat the Hollywoodpromo teaser video is done, it’s time for the boys to step up for the muchanticipated full length video. Norest just diving straight into hammers! The promo teaser was fun, the full length is serious business.

While recently in LosAngeles, Vanessa Torres, Amy Caron, and Lauren Mollica were filming a trick-tip section for the new AKA:Girl Skater video and DVD coming soon.

JonComer‘sindependent documentary is currently in the post production stage, andhas a tentative completion date of September 15th. The working title,”A Skate of Mind”, has been changed to “Never Been Done” sincewhat Jon has accomplished in his incredible life has never been donebefore. The movie will tell the story of Jon Comer’s life of how he overcametragedy to become one of the world’s top professional skateboarders and aninspiration to so many while living with such a humble and friendlypersonality. The movie will tentatively premiere in January 2003 at anindependent film festival, and will possibly have a sneak preview in late fall.

InBlueprintnews, filming has started on new video after a rest from First Broadcast.

Therewas a recent media trip to skate haven, Barcelona, with pros Scott Palmer,Colin Kennedy and Paul Shier. It turns out former teammate Jon Rattray was around also.

VaughanBakerhas recovered from recent injury and back in filming mode.

EVENTS:

Overthe summer Metrospective.com and ABC skateshop held an NYC All-City skate jamwhere skateboarders in the New York area met up at a predeterminhe newest addition to the Powell team.

VIDEOS:

Dyingto Livecould be in shops by Halloween. Premieres are slated starting OCT 11that Spreckels Theater in San Diego. Reference http://zeroskateboards.com/ for all thepremiere locations.

TheEmericavideo, “This is Skateboarding ” is definitely coming out in February.Tosh is healthy and skating again after reconstructive surgery on both ankles.Reynolds part will destroy. Senn is going to have a good part, and all else islooking good!

GhettoChildhas a video in the works to hopefully be released in Spring 2003.

Fred Mortagne (of Menikmati and Sorry fame) is the new Cliche filmer and will produce the new Clichévideo due out in 2003.

TheConsolidated Teamhas been hard at work filming for their new video due out this Holiday Season. Karma,Clint Peterson, Seth McCallum and Doug Saenz all spent the month ofJuly with Roberto Aleman in his native Spain filming the countless spots ofBarcelona and the like. Steve Baileyhas also taken up a semi-permanent residence on the Coast of Spain and met upwith the guys to skate on several different occassions. By the last week of thetrip they had gathered a total of six tapes of footage from two differentangles for the video. The day before Clint and Seth were to return home to theStates they all decided to hit up one last spot for a fun session. Whileskating their car was broken into. The thieves took with them all CD playersand CDs, passports, Clint’s video and still cameras along with three of thefootage tapes. Luckily Karma’s camera and three of the remaining tapes werewell hidden and overlooked by the cowardly thieves.

Dave Bergthold has dug Blockhead up from the grave and dragged it backinto the garage. He hasre-released the videos as two box sets and have four of the classic graphicsalong with one brand new one inked by Ron Cameron.

Nowthat the Hollywoodpromo teaser video is done, it’s time for the boys to step up for the muchanticipated full length video. Norest just diving straight into hammers! The promo teaser was fun, the full length is serious business.

While recently in LosAngeles, Vanessa Torres, Amy Caron, and Lauren Mollica were filming a trick-tip section for the new AKA:Girl Skater video and DVD coming soon.

JonComer‘sindependent documentary is currently in the post production stage, andhas a tentative completion date of September 15th. The working title,”A Skate of Mind”, has been changed to “Never Been Done” sincewhat Jon has accomplished in his incredible life has never been donebefore. The movie will tell the story of Jon Comer’s life of how he overcametragedy to become one of the world’s top professional skateboarders and aninspiration to so many while living with such a humble and friendlypersonality. The movie will tentatively premiere in January 2003 at anindependent film festival, and will possibly have a sneak preview in late fall.

InBlueprintnews, filming has started on new video after a rest from First Broadcast.

Therewas a recent media trip to skate haven, Barcelona, with pros Scott Palmer,Colin Kennedy and Paul Shier. It turns out former teammate Jon Rattray was around also.

VaughanBakerhas recovered from recent injury and back in filming mode.

EVENTS:

Overthe summer Metrospective.com and ABC skateshop held an NYC All-City skate jamwhere skateboarders in the New York area met up at a predetermined skate spot,and then cruised from spot to spot until everyone passed out or got arrested.250 locals showed up to help unify skateboarding including sponsored talentfrom 5boro (Aaron Suski and Mark Nardelli),Arcade/Osiris (Rodney Torres), and Zoo York helped hold it down. Itbrought back fond memories of 1992 back when people would skate in crews of 20or 30, where everyone in New York knew each other. Seeing 5 blocks ofskateboarders cruise the city streets must have struck awe in everyone theypassed as cars voluntarily held up traffic to let the skaters pass. The eventwas cut short half way due to police interference. Hopefully this will inspirepeople to hold similar sessions and events in their own city. It’s all aboutfriends and fun. event flyer with offical info:

http://www.metrospective.com/events/allcity/ALLCITYskatejam-92.jpg

TheXbox World Championships of Skateboarding brings the top skateboarding athletes toOceanside, California, October 3-6 for the third and final stop of the VansTriple Crown of Skateboarding. It’s free to attend and located on the pier. Bring a hat, because shadeis in short supply.

Sessions is very proud toannounce the success of the 4th annual Tim Brauch Memorial Contest held at the Vans skatepark in Milpitas, California. The event was an incredible spectacle ofsome of the most amazing pool skating ever witnessed by a mix of skaters suchas Steve Caballero, Frank Hirata, Pete the Ox, Jimmy the Greek, Chris Cook, and up and comingripper Benji Galloway. The street course was the stomping ground for theamateur/sponsored contest and was a great showing of skills from some new youngfaces definitely worth keeping an eye out for.

Markyour calendars. The Consolidated team will be embarking on an 8,000 mile journeyfrom California to Kentucky and back covering almost every inch of land inbetween during the months of September, October and November.> The suckers will load in the van theday after the Tim Brauch Memorial Contest on September 15th and head North to RyanWilburn’snew home-turf of Portland and then make their way East from there.

1984 will be going on a vacation Halloween tour of thePacific Northwest. Portland will be the focal point for the festivities at Burnside on the 31st.

Savier is hosting an amateur skateboard contestin Portland on Saturday October 5. The Pacific NW Amateur Skateboard Series has been putting on contestsall summer long throughout Oregon and Washington and will be filling upSavier’s office park for this one. Savier’s office space is hidden behind a 15,000 square foot indoor skatepark where the contest will take place.> To keep these am’s on their toes Savieremployees have designed and built a eurostyle street course for the contest.Previously the exclusive skatepark has been accessible to Savier employees,team riders, and traveling professionals. This will be the first time Savierhas opened their doors to the northwest. For more information on the contestseries check out… www.theleaguenorthwest.com

Thestage is set for the last round of the Damn Am contest series. TheFinals are Oct. 25-27th at the Volcom facility in Costa Mesa, CA.Check www.DamnAm.com for all the registration info.

The 10th Anniversary TampaAm Contest is slated forJanuary 16 – 19, 2003. And the ProContest is set for March 13 – 16, 2003.

SkateLab’ssummer camp has just finished and it had a fantastic turnout. Many pros showedup to hang with the kids including, Kanteen Russell, Chad Knight, RudyJohnson, Richard Mulder, Wee-man, Tony Alva, Chet Thomas, and Aaron Snyder.

TheZ-boys kicked off their promotional tour for the dvd release with a littleskate session at Skatelab Skateboard Museum. Stacy Peralta, Alva, and JeffHo.rmined skate spot,and then cruised from spot to spot untiil everyone passed out or got arrested.250 locals showed up to help unify skateboarding including sponsored talentfrom 5boro (Aaron Suski and Mark Nardelli),Arcade/Osiris (Rodney Torres), and Zoo York helped hold it down. Itbrought back fond memories of 1992 back when people would skate in crews of 20or 30, where everyone in New York knew each other. Seeing 5 blocks ofskateboarders cruise the city streets must have struck awe in everyone theypassed as cars voluntarily held up traffic to let the skaters pass. The eventwas cut short half way due to police interference. Hopefully this will inspirepeople to hold similar sessions and events in their own city. It’s all aboutfriends and fun. event flyer with offical info:

http://www.metrospective.com/events/allcity/ALLCITYskatejam-92.jpg

TheXbox World Championships of Skateboarding brings the top skateboarding athletes toOceanside, California, October 3-6 for the third and final stop of the VansTriple Crown of Skateboarding. It’s free to attend and located on the pier. Bring a hat, because shadeis in short supply.

Sessions is very proud toannounce the success of the 4th annual Tim Brauch Memorial Contest held at the Vans skatepark in Milpitas, California. The event was an incredible spectacle ofsome of the most amazing pool skating ever witnessed by a mix of skaters suchas Steve Caballero, Frank Hirata, Pete the Ox, Jimmy the Greek, Chris Cook, and up and comingripper Benji Galloway. The street course was the stomping ground for theamateur/sponsored contest and was a great showing of skills from some new youngfaces definitely worth keeping an eye out for.

Markyour calendars. The Consolidated team will be embarking on an 8,000 mile journeyfrom California to Kentucky and back covering almost every inch of land inbetween during the months of September, October and November.> The suckers will load in the van theday after the Tim Brauch Memorial Contest on September 15th and head North to RyanWilburn’snew home-turf of Portland and then make their way East from there.

1984 will be going on a vacation Halloween tour of thePacific Northwest. Portland will be the focal point for the festivities at Burnside on the 31st.

Savier is hosting an amateur skateboard contestin Portland on Saturday October 5. The Pacific NW Amateur Skateboard Series has been putting on contestsall summer long throughout Oregon and Washington and will be filling upSavier’s office park for this one. Savier’s office space is hidden behind a 15,000 square foot indoor skatepark where the contest will take place.> To keep these am’s on their toes Savieremployees have designed and built a eurostyle street course for the contest.Previously the exclusive skatepark has been accessible to Savier employees,team riders, and traveling professionals. This will be the first time Savierhas opened their doors to the northwest. For more information on the contestseries check out… www.theleaguenorthwest.com

Thestage is set for the last round of the Damn Am contest series. TheFinals are Oct. 25-27th at the Volcom facility in Costa Mesa, CA.Check www.DamnAm.com for all the registration info.

The 10th Anniversary TampaAm Contest is slated forJanuary 16 – 19, 2003. And the ProContest is set for March 13 – 16, 2003.

SkateLab’ssummer camp has just finished and it had a fantastic turnout. Many pros showedup to hang with the kids including, Kanteen Russell, Chad Knight, RudyJohnson, Richard Mulder, Wee-man, Tony Alva, Chet Thomas, and Aaron Snyder.

TheZ-boys kicked off their promotional tour for the dvd release with a littleskate session at Skatelab Skateboard Museum. Stacy Peralta, Alva, and JeffHo.